Bayonet category in SA

[heycharger]

Hi guys,

Im looking at getting a Lee Enfield No 1 mk 3 with bayonet. I can't find where the bayonet fits within the legislation.

Under Summary offences it is listed as a "Dangerous Article"

Will I need to join a collectors club or is an exemption of some sort needed? Thanks in advance.

[No1Mk3]

G'day heycharger,
Bayonets in SA are listed as "Prohibited Weapons" under Part 2, S. 6(b) of the Summary Offences Regulations 2016. Being a member of a recognized Collectors Club will provide the exemption needed under Schedule 2 of the Summary Offences Act. Cheers.

[No1_49er]

But all of my knives are OK.
Just sayin'.

[on_one_wheel]

[quote="No1Mk3"]G'day heycharger,
Bayonets in SA are listed as "Prohibited Weapons" under Part 2, S. 6(b) of the Summary Offences Regulations 2016.

I never knew that... Of all the knives you can legally own, I wonder why they'd consider bayonets a problem.

[No1_49er]

G'day heycharger,
Bayonets in SA are listed as "Prohibited Weapons" under Part 2, S. 6(b) of the Summary Offences Regulations 2016.

I never knew that... Of all the knives you can legally own, I wonder why they'd consider bayonets a problem.

Because f^kwit politicians allow their bureaucrat minions to write BS legislation. And then pass it into law.

[on_one_wheel]

I'm a little confused now....
I just checked the SAPOL website and found this
. Prohibited weapons are a risk to public safety. You cannot possess a prohibited weapon without an exemption.

Exemptions are issued for specific purposes only and conditions apply for each weapon.

Prohibited weapons include:

Knives

Ballistic knife where the blade is fired by explosion, mechanics or percussion
Butterfly knife / Bali knife / Balisong knife
Fighting knives - a knife (other than a bayonet or sword) designed for hand to hand fighting, for example, a butterfly knife, dagger, flick-knife, push knife or trench knife
Knife belt that conceals or disguises the knife
Star knife / shuriken / ninja star / throwing star
Whole or part of a knife that cannot be detected by a metal detector or x-ray
Daggers

Double-sided blade or spike-style blade daggers
Traditional Scottish daggers - Dirk and Sgian dhu
Other weapons

Nunchakus martial arts weapon
Bayonet
Brace catapult / slingshot
Concealed weapons
Extendable baton
Full-size or pistol cross-bow
Hand or foot claws / ninja claws
Knuckle duster including weighted or studded gloves
Laser pointer of more than 1 milliwatt
Morning star, also known as English or medieval mace
Poniard, a Masonic ceremonial weapon
Tear gas where the chemical is CN, CS or DM tear gas

So I'm reading that bayonets and swords are ok in SA . Fighting knives - a knife (other than a bayonet or sword) designed for hand to hand fighting
Yet they list bayonet again as "other weapons" further down the list.

[No1Mk3]

You are not reading it correctly then, the list is "Prohibited Weapons" that includes those deemed "Other Weapons", Nunchaku, mace, Morning Star, bayonet etc are all Prohibited, so a specific exemption is needed to own them. For bayonets, membership of a Collectors Club satisfies that exemption. SA is the only State that has this nonsense, even Border Force doesn't give a toss about bayonets being imported (a 3" butterfly knife will terrify them into paroxysms of fear, but a 16" sawback bayonet is perfectly OK)

[on_one_wheel]

Other than bayonets but including bayonets ... Clear as mud well written SAPOL perhaps I'm just too tired to understand tonight.

a 3" butterfly knife will terrify them into paroxysms of fear, but a 16" sawback bayonet is perfectly OK)

yeah, makes sense
I'd love a flick knife, unfortunately our illustrious government wont trust me with one, but here you go son, answer these 10 questions correctly and have a firearms licence

Luckily bone handled butter knives aren't on the list, I do like those.

[heycharger]

Thank you for all of your reply’s.